So, it really kinda of sucks when I see friends of mine posting about how shitty Christians are. On the one hand, I know that there are people who claim to be Christians, and yet do terrible things. On the other hand, when I see them talking about how despite Christians claim that most aren’t so bad, that at this point, we should just get rid of them all and start over.
Friends of mine who are aware that I am Christian saying how we just need to get rid of all Christians? A normal person, I’m sure, could dismiss these kinds of comments thinking “They’re not talking about me” but I can’t. My anxiety/depression already makes me feel like all of my friends don’t actually like me, and simply tolerate my existence, but when I see or hear things like that out of the mouths of people I know and care about, it honestly terrifies me.
The point of Christianity is teaching that people aren’t perfect, and everyone, whether they do so intentionally or not, makes mistakes, and do terrible things. I don’t know anyone who honestly follows the teachings of Christ that thinks that they’re perfect and can do no wrong. It seems that Christians are expected to be perfect sinless people who do no wrong, but the entire religion is about exactly the opposite of that. We aren’t perfect, we know that. And we know that people claim to do terrible things in the name of our God. We know that people commit evil acts despite claiming their faith and trust in the Lord. But it’s fine when people claim to do things in the name of Islam, because they’re not all like that? Because Islam is a religion that’s about acceptance and love? But when one congregation does a shitty thing, suddenly all Christians are just as evil as the people there? Even though Christianity is about acceptance...and..love..?
I don’t know, man. It just hurts to hear some of my best friends talk about their hate of Christians.